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The Muskogee Cimeter. GRAND PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISEMENT CONTEST. A House and Lot Will Be Given to The Winner. For the purpose of increasing our subscription and advertising business, the Cimeter has concluded to offer a house and lot, free from all incum- imes, and located in the city of This I. T., to the person who combinatio- the largest number of the home contest. The understand- veal that for every five cents paid in cash at the Cimeter office, for either subscription or advertising purposes, the person paying said five cents shall have the privilege of casting one vote for any candidate he or she may prefer. It is therefore possible for any person paying to us at the Cimeter office one dollar for a year's subscription or for an advertisement, to cast twenty votes for any of the candidates. No employe or member of the Cimeter force shall be eligible to enter the contest. The contest begins with this issue of the Cimeter and will terminate at 6 o'clock p. m., July 1, 1905. Rules. The house and lot located in the city of Muskogee will be given absolutely free, with guaranty title, on July 4, 1905, to the candidate, lady or gentleman, who shall secure the greatest number of votes from advertisers and subscribers to the Muskogee Weekly Cimeter. On vote for each five cents paid on muskogee, or two votes for each rotation and for advertisement to do this. You can vote for any person whether the name appears in the contest list or not. Cash payments for subscriptions or advertisements must accompany the votes. No employee of the Cimeter can enter the contest. No votes shall be received after the hour of closing this contest, on July 1, 1905, at 6 o'clock, p. m. Address mail to Editor Cimeter Contest, Box G, Muskogee, I. T. Cut out this coupon and enclose it with the amount of money you wish to pay on subscription or for advertisement, and either send by mail, or bring in person to the Cimeter office, 211 South Second street, Muskogee, I. T. 1905. Find enclosed $..... and ..... cents, which you will please credit to the subscription or advertisement of (Address) M...... (City or town)...... (State or Terr.) ...... and place.....votes to the following named candidate in the Cimeter House and Lot Contest: Note. Compute one vote for five cents in case of subscription and two votes for five cents in case of advertisement. COL. CODY J. JOHNSON OF WEWOKA. Noted Indian Interpreter. The Colored American of Washington City in a recent issue published the following interesting article concerning the life and achievements or our well known and widely admired citizen, Col. Cody J. Johnson, of Wewoka, Seminole Nation, I. T. "Washington City is indeed the Mecca for all Americans who have the money and a desire to travel. At the convening of each session of congress and at the close, leading men from every state and territory and from all of the large and small cities come to Washington. There is never an idle or uninteresting day. The coming and going of new people and the seeing of new faces never permits interest to lag. Here you meet the bronzed Hawaiian, the South American, the chiseled featured, olive complexioned East Indian, the broad shouldered blonde from Germany, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Indians, and a very superior class of colored men. One of this class who attracted attention on Pennsylvania avenue, last winter and spring, was Col. Cody J. Johnson, interpreter for the Seminole Nation, a lawyer of ability, a man of means and of large holdings with headquarters at Wewoka, I. T. "Mr. Johnson attracted attention, first, because of his splendid physical development and because of his inseparable companionship with a party of Indians, Principal Chief Halbutta Micco, Second Chief, Thomas Little. As is generally known, the Seminole Indians are rich and while their present number will not run far up into the thousands, they are worth millions of dollars "Mr. Johnson is to the manor born and was reared up with them, so to speak. His relations with them are peculiar, as nearly all of their holdings are entrusted very largely into his hands. Unlike many young men who have grown up with the Western country, he has the advantage of a college education and is therefore doubly equipped for the great duties that devolve upon him, and that have been assigned to his keeping. "His career briefly is: "He was educated at Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania and belongs to the class of 1884. After leaving college he returned to his home in the Indian Territory and engaged in in the cattle industry. As a cowboy he roamed over Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Later he served as U. S. Court interpreter for what was probably the greatest court on earth, the United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. This court was presided over by Judge I. C. Parker, who hanged 68 men. Mr. J. has the reputation of being the best Indian interpreter in the Indian Territory. He read law under Judge Parker while interpreter for his court, was admitted to the bar and actively engaged in his profession at Wewoka, I. T. He is besides, Secretary and National Interpreter for the Seminoles; a member of the Creek legislature and a leader of the house. Grand Master of the Masons of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Probably no greater tribute can be paid to Mr. Johnson's ability than that paid by the Chief of the Creek Nation. Recently in speaking of Mr. Johnson he said: 'This man carries the affairs and I may add the destiny of two nations on his shoulders and he carries them lightly.' He represents an oddity in American history, being the first and only negro representing the original American citizens before the United Sates Government."—American. We nominate J. C. Johnson as delegate from his home to the Constitutional Convention. We have a pair that can't be beaten. Doug came from Texas, was an office holder until he was fired by the Federal government for the good of the service. Does this make him a carpet-bagger, if not, why not? There seems (in Doug's opinion), to be a remarkable difference between a carpet-bagger fired out of office and a man who fills the office acceptably to the public and his superiors. It's a case of "sour grapes" with Doug. A Kansan Praises Muskogee and Vicinity. The people of Southeast Kansas seem to work very hard in coal mines to get a start financially, but of late the work is not good, and the men are wondering what is the next best thing to do for a livelihood. I am able to give advice along this line to my people in Southeast Kansas, as I am living here with them and pastoring for a congregation and see, and know the condition of my people. Now, I want to say to my people in Southeast Kansas that the work in the coal mines in this part of Kansas is a thing of the past and the laboring men cannot pay their debts and make a living for their families. Now, the thing for the laboring men in Southeast Kansas to do is to cease working in these mines as they see plainly they cannot make a living for their families at the rate the mines are working at, and go to the Indian Territory, where the work is fine, all kinds of work, and what makes things so fine in the I. T. is the land for farming is so very fine and there are mines in the Territory and oil wells, and work in all the towns of the Territory. But the farm is the place for our people, especially in the Territory for in the towns of the Territory we have a large number of colored men in business. They are the rich men. They are able to buy the produce of the farmers. I have made one visit to Muskogee and other parts of the Territory, and I am indeed elated over what I saw going on among my race. All the towns of the Creek nation are fine, the large and the small. I am induced to go back. I would like to have my whole church, with its two hundred members, go to the Territory Let's all go and be among business negroes and rich negroes. We will be inspired to do more for ourselves. We will be better men and women and more useful to the country. Let's go on the farms and raise large crops and we that have the money let's go in the towns of the Territory and open up business houses and if we want to keep posted as to the good work that's going on, the thing to do is to subscribe for the Cimeter, pay for it, and read it, for it is our true friend. It is a great negro newspaper. There are about three negro newspapers published in the city of Muskogee, I. T. Yes, great are the colored people in the Territory. Yours for the Cause of Negroes, J. T. CRAWFORD, Pastor St. John Baptist church, RICHMOND LANDS PLUM. Appointed United States Commissioner for Holdenville and Wewoka, Vice H. P. Sanford, Resigned. The announcement of the appointment of Alexander Richmond as U. S. Commissioner for the Seventh district comes to him and his friends as a surprise. Judge Raymond received the resignation of Commissioner Sanford last Friday, and in looking for a successor tendered the position to Mr. Richmond, who had already determined to locate at Holdenville to practive law. While it will change his plans somewhat, the active management of the Audit Co. will be assumed by one of the other members. Mr. Richmond has accepted the position, received his commission and will go to Holdenville at once, at which town he will hold court as well as at Wewoka. Mr. Richmond possesses all the necessary qualifications for this position, he is a naturalized American citizen, was born in Scotland 39 years ago, where he received his early education and came to the United States when 15 years old. He is a graduate of the Chicago College of Law, and has been admitted to practice in both the State and Federal Courts of Indiana and Illinois and United States Courts of the Indian Territory. With the exception of a brief residence in Indiana, he lived until coming to Muskogee in Chicago, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession, being in the employ of some of the largest corporations and railroads in that city. Previous to engaging in the practice in the Indian Territory, Mr. Richmond was with the Kenefick Construction Company of this city for more than two years. Although never holding a political office before, he has always been an active Republican and has the friendship of Governor Elect Deneen of Illinois, and other leading Republicans of his home state. Mr. Richmond has many friends in this city who will be glad to hear of his appointment and those knowing him best are the most enthusiastic in prophesying for him a brilliant career in his new position, for which he is exceptionally fitted.—Phoenix. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. CONCERNING THE NEW STATE The Bank of Talala, with a capital stock of $10,000, has been authorized to begin business. Carrie Nation paid Oklahoma City her second visit within a month last week. Every city of any size in the two territories are sending delegates to Washington to take a hand in the statehood fight. Jonas Field, a miner employed in Smithton mine No. 2, near South McAlester, was killed instantly last week. The cable broke, allowing the cars to run down a slope, crushing him against a wall. The Katy Railway company has let the contract for the new union depot at South McAlester. The new buildi- is to cost $38,000, and will be used jointly by the Katy and the Rock Island companies. The socialists of Oklahoma and Indian Territories held a two days' session in Guthrie last week. The object was to formulate a general organization for the two territories. Henry Bunn was acquitted in the district court at Teumseh of murdering his niece's husband, Ernest Bucey. The killing occurred last summer in a dispute over crops, Burn killing Bucey with a shotgun. The dates for examination for terciorial teachers' certificates for Oklahoma have been announced for July 12, 13 and 14, 1905. The 1 periods were named for holding county teachers' institutes. The first period ends June 29 and 30; the second August 10 and 11. Judge Burwell, at Oklahoma City, sentenced W. T. Allen, convicted of wife murder, to life imprisonment. The crime was committed July 7, 1903, and the defendant set up a plea of insanity, to which the jury gave little consideration. Three separate holdups occurred in Oklahoma City last Friday night, each being pulled off in different parts of the city. One of the victims was compelled to give up $45, besides other belongings, consisting of a watch and chain. Very little was secured from the other victims. Guests at a dinner party at the home of J. N. Coulter, near Kellar, ate poison in an unknown manner. Several are in a serious condition. El Reno has a man named Neil Evans who, on Christmas day, rounded out fifty years as a retail salesman behind the counter. He began at Fort Arbuckle that long ago, and has been in the two territories ever since. A deal has been consummated, by the terms of which the Pioneer Telephone company, of Indian Territory, takes over all the property of the Chickasaw-Choctaw Telephone company, including four local exchanges, and 125 miles of toll lines. This gives the Pioneer company control of practically all the telephones in the territories. Warren Richard Dent, 61 years of age, once a wealthy railroad contractor in Kansas, committed suicide at Enid, and his body was buried by the county. It is supposed that relatives of the dead man live in St. Louis. SCIENCE and INVENTION The first harbor for air-ships was that erected for the aerial contest at St. Louis. The ground made use of for this purpose covered about fourteen acres, inclosed by a wall for the protection of the vessels making ascent and descent, which operations were greatly facilitated by a substantial shield. At the southeast corner of this structure were two stalls for air-ships, each one 180 feet long and 40 feet wide and 30 feet high. There was also a shed 180 feet long and 20 feet wide, where were all the facilities for making air-ship repairs and accommodations for the storage of ballast and other impedimenta. The wall inclosing the harbor was 30 feet high. The lower part of this structure was proof against the passage of wind, being absolutely tight to a point twelve feet above the ground. The upper part of the barrier was of lattice-work, which had the effect of tempering the breezes to a considerable extent. One of the practical results of the interest aroused in aerial matters by the contests at St. Louis is the investigation of the upper air by the means of balloons containing automatically-recording instruments, and by this means it is expected to secure some valuable data. Peephole on Oil Lamp Bowl. The improvements made in the manner of burning gas, the widely increased use of acetylene, and the almost general adoption of electricity seems to have little effect on the consumption of coal oil. The use of this seems to be more general than ever, despite the disadvantages connected with it. One of the greatest of these is the frequent filling of the lamp, which is usually a daily operation, and it is always a matter of good fortune rather than good judgment, if the lamp receptacle is not overflowed. In order to make the one filling last as long as possible, the temptation to fill the bowl to the utmost is very strong and in nine cases out of ten this results in disaster. The oil overflows, soiling the hands of the operator and everything which happens to be near. The object of a recent invention is (o overcome this by a little contrivance placed in the top of the receptacle by which it can readily be determined when the line of the oil is nearing the overflow point. An effort to do this same thing by means of a small piece of plain glass in the top of the bowl resulted in the demonstration of the fact that this did not quite fill the demand, as it seemed to be impossible to determine just where the level of the oil was until its edge passed along over the glass pane. This was generally too late to prevent the damage. The improved arrangement consists of a piece of glass of somewhat prism shape inserted in ```markdown ``` the top of the reservoir and with one porticum extending down into the oil. Thus it is possible to tell as soon as the oil reached the lower part of the class extension and the exact level of the oil can be seen and followed as it goes toward the inlet through which it is being filled. LENGTH OF PLATES AND SILLS. Ceiling Joists Alone Extend Beyond the Wall. N. E. McK.—For building 25 feet high and 30 feet wide, how much longer should the end plate be than the end sill? The plates and sills are of the same length. If the building has a cottage roof the ceiling joist should extend twenty inches, or two feet over the wall (according to the width of cornice desired). The toe of each rafter sits on a plate spiked on the ends of the joist. The walls are built up above the ceiling joist with a plate on top for the rafters to sit on. This plate, and not the lower one, supports the roof. (See plan.) If a gable or A B C A, rafter; B, ceiling joist; C, wall; D, plates. ridge roof is required the sheeting extends over the ends of the building and a 2x4 inch scantling is nailed every three feet beneath the roof boards. When finished this forms the cornice. Ginseng Growing Industry. Can you give me any information about the culture of ginseng? Would it be likely to prove profitable? The culture of ginseng has been greatly advocated in some quarters in America during the past few years, and owing to the large prices said to have been paid for the roots and the enormous profits which it is claimed can be made by growing ginseng, quite a number of persons are trying to grow it. Ginseng is not, however, an easy crop to grow and requires a great deal of care. It also takes five years before the roots are large enough to sell. Some persons are growing it successfully, and hope to make money out of the sale of the roots. It is thought by many disinterested persons that more money is being made out of the sale of the seeds and young plants to prospective growers than will ever be made by the growers themselves, as the market will probably become overstocked with ginseng and the prices reduced. The market for ginseng is China, as the roots are used by the Chinese as a drug. There are many surer investments for capital than the culture of ginseng. Ducks Dying Off. M. K.—Would you advise me regarding my ducks, as they have been dying off lately? They seem to get off their feed for a day or so and then become altogether helpless and cannot walk. They have a large range and a running coulee to feed in. They are also fed on oats and wheat screenings. Ducks with a free run, such as described, should be in the pink of condition. It is quite possible that they have been fed too much grain. Ducks with access to a stream of water generally supply themselves with all the animal and insect life necessary. Exercise is of first importance in bringing about strong, vigorous breeding stock, but care must be exercised in feeding them. If there is no grit in the pasture it should be supplied. A no mention is made of age of duck this is all that can be said.—A. G. HUMOUR of the DAY At the Smelter They were standing near one of the vats in the smelter. A half-naked workman was stirring the molten gold in the vat. "I can't that an unusual occupation!" she exclaimed as they hurried on. "Oh, I don't know; I've done it many a time," he replied with all the coolness the temperature of 140 would allow. "What!" she exclaimed, then the heat had turned his body. "Yes," he replied. "Was kneading money?" Point of View. Hix—"I see some scientist is claiming that kissing is a cure for dyspepsia." Dix—"Well, what good is that to a married man if he is only allowed to kiss his wife?" Ideal But Not Suitable. Gladys—I had an ideal man once. Fred—And was your ideal shattered? Gladys—No; broke!—Illustrated Bits. A Deceptive Rumor. Friend—"What! You alive? Why all your friends had been mourning you as dead." Gadaboutsky—"Why, that's peculiar. Whatever got that into your heads?" "We read in a London dispatch that you had 'ended your life at the Carlton hotel.'" "Well, that was all right. Don't you know that the best way of ending your life at any particular hotel is to move to another hostelry?" His One Economy She—Papa says you're burning the candle at both ends. He—Yes, but he must admit that we don't burn much gas when I call. Ancient. Sharpe—"One of our great professors says that football players are crazy." Whealton—"Has he just found that out?" Sympathetic. "Mrs. Gayweed, I hear, is going to marry a poet." "O, dear, you don't say so! I always thought I'd feel sorry for any man she might marry, but bless me if I don't feel kind of sorry for her."—Town Topics. A Winner. "That drummer in 214 is a winner, all right, all right," said the chamber maid on the second floor. "Got you faded, has he?" said the elevator boy. "Not on your life, but he takes the sake just the same." For No. 214, as usual, had found oom in his grip for the day's supply of soap. — — be hr eS = a aed _ —e MIS IOSREeToARTY CFI. Lk: A NY Loss of Soil Nitrogen. The nitrogen of the soil is one of its most important constituents and a fer- tilizing element that quickly disap- pears. It volatizes rapidly and one of the chief agents of holding it in the soil is the humus. When the humus becomes exhausted the nitrogen es- capes with increased rapidity. Ex- periments with continuous wheat growing on the same soil have shown that the animal and vegetable matter in the soil disappears very rapidly. This causes the liberation of the nitro- gen. As long as the nitrogen is in combination with and forms a part of the humus, or decaying animal and vegetable matter of the soil, it is in a stable form; but as soon as the humus decays the nitrogen is liberated in various gases and soluble forms, which are easily lost from the soil. It is the statement of scientists that there is no element that is so readily lost as nitrogen. It is not possible for the mineral forms of plant food, such as potash and phosphoric acid, to be converted into gaseous and soluble forms by the ordinary chemical changes that take place in the soil, as in the case of nitrogen. With them the principal loss is in their removal from the soil as plant food. But with humus it is different. There is a loss of course of the plant food by its being used by the ¢rops, but much additional is leached downward by the soil water and some is sent off in the form of gas when the humus decays. We have an illustration of this in the decay of piles of manure and vegetable matter. We say that we can smell the ammonia rising from them; but that ammonia is the gas into which the nitrogen in the decaying mass is being changed. The loss of soil nitrogen can only be prevented by keeping up the hu mus in the soil. In most countries rotation of crops alone is able to do this, Some men brag that they have grdéwn wheat year after year on the same soil for a generation with out loss, but it will be found that such soil was in the beginning very rich in humus. By all means rotate, and include in the rotation some of the legumes. Cooling Milk In Winter. Most milk producers now know that milk must be quickly cooled in sum- mer to increase its keeping power, but many do not know that the proc- ess is also necessary in winter. Men that make a business of delivering milk know that at certain times in winter they have as much trouble with milk souring as they do in the summer. The cooling of milk in the winter should be done in exactly the same way as it is in summer; namely, by placing the milk in cans in tanks of cold water as soon as the milk is drawn from the cows. In the winter ice and snow may be easily obtained for reducing the temperature of the water in the tank. As this is entirely without expense there is no good reason why it should not be done. Milk for all purposes will then keep very much longer than if it is not cooled after being drawn. Turn'ps for Ducks. Grow a crop of turnips for ducks, if you intend to raise a large number of ducks, In the large establishments, where hundreds of ducks are raised, the principal food for them is cooked turnips, with a small proportion of ground grain. No crop can be grown to better advantage than turnips, and in no way can turnips be grown so profitably as to feed them to ducks. Ducks and turnips are adjuncts to each other on the duck farms, for without turnips the ducks could not be made to lay so well.—Exchange. ° THREE YEARS AFTER. Eugene E, Lario, of 751 Twentieth avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta- tion, Denver, Col., says: “You are at liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan’s Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for 1 have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of that remedy. I was subject to severe at- tacks of backache, al- ways aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or a twinge since.” Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 60 cents per box. © A ba Confessions of Gaston I have noticed that the average man can dress, feed and curry the horse, mow the lawn and read the morning paper while his wife is slip- ping into a dressing sack. I never fully understood why a dog, when he has a bone to bury, prefers a flower bed to any other place. When I want to make an_ elderly man warm under the collar ! pretend to think that he is about six years younger than he really is. T will say this for the bartender: He nearly always looks clean. I confess that I can not see any object in weighing the baby, or that t makes any difference whether it weighs elght pounds or nine. Plenty of Time to Rest _ Julian Mitchell says that an actor who belongs to one of his companies went to a little hotel in the Adiron- Jacks late in June to wait until the »pening of the season. Through some nistake a call was placed opposite he actor’s name for six-thirty one norning, and at that hour he was twakened. The ‘porter who did the salling was so resolute about it that he actor donned his clothes and went lown stairs, where he was told that >reakfast would not be ready for an tour or so. “Why in thunder did you twaken me?” demanded the actor, ‘Here I am dressed at seven o'clock, ind I have nothing to do until Sep- ember.” Freckles have cnly one aim: to dlight romantic aspirations. HABIT'S CHAIN Certain Habits Unconsclously Formed and tiard to Break. An inget.fous philosopber estimates ‘nat the amount of will power neces- sury t* break a life-long habit would, if it could be transformed, ‘lift 2 weight of many tons. It sometimes requires a higher de- gree of heroism to break the chains of a pernicious habit than to lead a forlorn hope in u bloody battle. A lady writes from an Indiana town: “From my carliest childhood L was a lover of coffee. Before I was out of my teens I was a miserable dys- peptic, suffering terribly at times with my stomach, “I was convinced that it was coffee that was causing the trouble and yet I could not deny myself a cup for breakfart. At the age of 36 1 was in very poor health, indeed. My sis- ter told me I was in danger of becom- ing a coffee drunkard. “But { never could give up drink- img coffee for breakfast although it hept me constantly ill, until I tried Postnm. I learned to make it prop- erly according to directions, and now we can hardly do without Postum for breakfast, and care nothing at all for coffee. “I am no longer troubled with dys- persia, co not have spells of suffering with my stomach that used to trouble me sc when I drank coffee.” Name given by Pestuin Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, “The Road to Wellville.” * wouLD You LIKEUSTO SADDLE? 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Your groces sells it Sane > oe MANUFACTURED BY ae ; THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., By OMAHA, NEB. } “The bride was young, I believe, and the groom quite elderly?” “Yes. She was seventeen and he eighty-three.’ “Ah, I see! She was not old enough to know better and he was too old to know better.” This ts No Joke. Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the “Old Scratch” than any other known agent, simply because it makes scratching entirely unneces- sary. One application relieves any form of itching skin disease that ever afflicted mankind. One box guaran- tecd to cure any one case. Green parasols and veils were in- ventions of the little green god as a sunny day destroyer of illusions. STATR OF Onto, City or ToLeDo, t 6. Lucas County. Y Fraxe J. Cuevey maiey @th that he ts eentor oeuen of the firm of F. J. Uwexry & Co., detox. business, tne City of Toledy. 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At your grocers, Cheek & Neal Coffos Co, Nashville, Tenn, rt IEA) Pars tor THE DAILY REVIEW, a Dolighttul Daily Newspaper eee For The American Home. A Mi inportaatnews; a brilliant mngazine feature AM every dey: depariments devoted ts iitermure, poetry, art, science, education, religion, hystene, do: Mieatie economy, fashions, travels, recreations, bast: bess, markets, etc. Nothing admitted t reading of fiivertaing coluning wich parents cannot read to their children. Subscription ee ayear, jhe for 6 mo; We for 3 ine, Subsertbe teday, Chleaga Review Co., 399 Coca-Cole Building., Chicago, iin PATENTS tt P20T8CT 72-p. Book Mailed Free B.S. & A. 8, LACEY, Patent Ait’ys, Washington, D.C, SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....50 Three Months.....25 WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor. E. T. HEARNE, - - City Reporter. For member of Constitutional convention—A. G. W. Sango. The Cimeter wishes its readers and friends a happy new year. Now is the time to subscribe. The negro who makes his money off of negroes and then seeks the advice of white men to spend it, invariably gets his head thoroughly well bumped. The board has established a school on the East side for whites. Now, why not establish one on the West side for the colored children. They need it and are entitled to it. Alexander Richmond has been appointed U. S. Commissioner at Wewoka. The appointment gives general satisfaction. Mr. Richmond is a good friend of our race and we rejoice at his success. The Sapulpa Signal seems to be such a good paper the Phoenix man uses the editorials from that paper on every occasion when they attack the courts of this district. Doug reminds us of an ostrich who hides his head and thinks his tail is hidden. Jones' great letter from Senator Beveridge is not such a great letter after all. The Senator told him in the letter that there was nothing in the bill that Jones had been roaring about. In fact it seems that the distinguished ex-contestant for a seat in congress was not informed as to the bill and was asking congress to do something that had been done. He expects this grandstand play to get him into the constitutional convention. It is reported on the streets that Dr. Brown has purchased the northwest corner at S. Second and the Midland depot. He will build thereon a three-story business block. Dr. Prown stands at the head, of his profession in Mississippi, and is rated as one of the wealthiest negroes of his state. There seems to be quite a rivalry between the negroes of Mississippi and Texas in purchasing lots for business purposes on South Second street. Muskogee is the gainer thro' these investments and extends a cordial welcome to these thrifty and worthy citizens. Professor Andrew J. and Perry W. Howard of Ebenezer, Holmes Co., Miss, reached the city last Friday on a prospecting tour. Andrew formerly was head of the department of mathematics at Alcorn A. and M. College, Mississippi, and his brother Perry now fills that chair. These gentlemen are interested in farming, banking and mercantile enterprises at home and are likely to invest here in a most substantial way. Prof. Perry Howard graduated last September from the Illinois College of Law, and may join at an early date the already strong and representative coterie of Mississippi's professional men in Muskogee. The Richmond News Leader says the white physicians of Virginia have no desire to attend negro patients and are anxious to have negro doctors take all such patients off their hands at once. Well, up to date, the negro doctors have held no indignation meeting over that proposition. The Cimeter Employment Agency conducted at 211 South Second street, is the latest enterprise launched by colored men. The purpose of this agency is to supply labor of all kinds to patrons. W. L. Johnson will attend to the office work, while Messrs. Ed T. Hearne and H. A. Clark will hustle for business. Ring up No. 143 when you want work or need help. Modern improved agricultural implements are to be introduced in the territory by certain land syndicates. Some of these machines do the work of six families and at a very much less cost. We hope our negro families will get together and utilize these machines that pour millions of dollars into the coifers of their white brethren. Mr. E. E. McDaniels, the well known railroad contractor of South McAlester, was a welcome visitor to Muskogee and the Cimeter office during the past week. Mr. McDaniels is here promoting a new financial undertaking, which is destined to reflect great credit and honor upon its incorporators, and also exhibit the remarkable push and pluck of B. I. T. negro moneyed men. The government report shows up to Dec. 13, 1904, a crop of 13,000,000 bales of cotton as against 9,000,000 at the same date last year. This is an increase of over 44 per cent, and gives reason for the low market price of the staple. It is said that nearly $2.00 is lost on every bale sold. In Georgia the other day, the farmers set on foot a movement to reduce the crop by two million bales by burning them. Quite a number of bales were sacrificed, but such a drastic plan is not likely to be popular. Colored men ought to learn that even the greatest corporations are established through faith, pluck and energy of small investors. There would be fewer great financial institutions in America, liad all the stockholders held out until they could invest in thousand and million amounts. A hundred Indian Territory negroes with $100.00 cash could start with $10,000.00 capital and handle a business from $25,000.00 to $50,000.00 a year. With $10,000.00, a bank, electric light and power plant, a steam laundry, or any mercantile or manufacturing enterprise could be successfully carried on. We must get together with our "widow's mites" as well as our riches of Midas proportions. LON T WANT REPRESENTATION DECREASED. The St. Louis Advance opposes the cutting down of southern representation in congress, because such a course will not alter the present civil and political status of negroes in the south. The Advance says: "The thing necessary now is the enactment of appropriate legislation for the enforcement of the 15th Amendment. Enforcement and not reduction is the cure. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.' All persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States. This is the kernel of the whole matter." Shake, brother Murray, that is the kernel and you are the cheese. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY COMPANY ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLES GUARANTEED SURETY BONDS WRITTEN Just opened in front of U. S. Court House, and has just receive my fall line of Jewelry which is strictly first-class and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the best goods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. Loans and Discounts $712,003.95 Capital $200,000.00 Overdrafts (Cotton) 25,989.61 Surplus and Profit 31,572.39 Bonds and Premiums 206,080.49 Circulation 150,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985.11 Deposits 759,580.25 Cash and Exchange 189,093.48 SMITH-TORRANS CO. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ```markdown ``` North Second St. Muskogee. Ind. Ter, Willis Smith of Clarksville was here Monday. i etane at no Gite: Sites Monday. aay Avi ete Mr. Waikar of Sabntp -ia-yie~ iting old time friends im Mueko- gee this weeh. beer’ WD PT eYAY tte * Rumor has jt chat Dr. E. P Brown of, Greenville, -Mise., has closed aie a corner lot ops posite Midland Valley depot. A boy,with.a. good education and sober, industrious habits desires em- ployment with a business firm. Can furnish good references. Address, E. L. Smelzer, Clarksville, 1. T. o fet pas #At 2 The, F.C. C. has accepted an invitation to. meet at the Sango Baptist College, Friday night, Jan. 18.: See program in this issue. Ester Goss, Amy Cravens, Mrs. Bower, C. Trimble and Calven Gage were severely injured in a gasoline explosion at the New Method Steam Laundry. on Wednesday. The two women, Ester Goss and Amy Cravens (colored), are injured so badly that it is thought they will die. The Creek, Undertaking Co. has purchased shares in the bur- ial League of the United States and Mrs. L. S. Wilson and Miss Chiltun are here from S. McAl- ester to sulicit members for said organization. ‘7 H, R,. Pierson has returned from Guthrie, O. T. where he can give his enire time to the management of the Afro- Ameri can Realty and Investment Co. He can now be found at his off- ice, 211 So, 2nd St. Weare gladto note that up- on preliminaryj examinatioa Dr. W, H. Sims wag exhonorated of the charges vonfered against him Christmas eve day., He was defended by, two ool red a tor- neys, viz, W.H. Twine and P. R. Price. At ‘Sango College.’ The Sango Baptist College will entertain: the Fortnightly Culture Club, Friday night, Jan. 13, when the,following program will be rendered : Song, Club; Prayer, Chaplain; Roll Call (quotations), Music, College bands; Address, Hon. W, Ae Rentie; Solo, Mr. A. G. W. Sango;.Reoitatien, Miss Le- lia, Bowers; Solo, Missj{Cara Waller The publie is irvited. LODGE NOTES. Bae Bo WUD ae OVS. Fred Dodglaes Lodge, No. 62, met in, regular communication and .euepended the following Due Williams, B. Cerer, C. C. Sheep, Eugene Rutherford, Charles Anderson, Chas. Brown, G. W. Smith, Chas, Hill, I. T. Brown for non payment of dues. Alex Brown, W. M. Allen Kelley, Sec’y Durfey Hardware Company ‘ , INCORPORATED _ Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders’ .Tools, etc... All Kinds Tio, Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and.Ice Coolers. nowsey mock (i North Second Street Pay Your Reading Bill. our readers will take seriously: An exchange: contains: the. fotiow- ing lines, which we trust many of Now that the cotton’s all gathered And the mosey, asfe.in the bank, The, children .all are shod again » «From Mame: to little Hank, And. popper’s got his slicker «And mommer’s got her, shawl— Come in and pay the printer, Kind subscribers, one and all. For the edjtor is needing, - +o The littha-dollar that you owe. He has.given.you your reading Now you, give him his dough. For the paper needs a new “dress,” --And our wife, she needs one, too, While the pressman wants his wages, And the “devil” asks his due! : re DENTAL PARLORS, F. B. FISHER | "MZAl Pentos CAROLINA BLOCK, OKMULGEE AVENUE. + Specialist in Crown, Bridge and Plate Work of All Kind. From the best Dental College, Louisville, Kentucky. J am permanent- ly located and will make special prices on all Dental Work and Operations for two weeks only. Gold filling............82 00 Gold Crown........... $5.00 Amalgam-............$1.00 Bridge Work............85.00 Cement............. .8 .50 Plate Work.:..........$10.00 ‘Free painless extraction from 9 to 10 a.m., every Wednesday, Free consultation and estimates on a!l Dental operations. Do You. Want a House? If so, let me build it for you on sma!l monthly payments, ilow interest and easy terms, On this’plan your remts pay for the place, and you are at home all the time. @ome to see me: W. P. FIELDS, Offce, No 1, English Block. The 2oth Century Correspond- ing SCHOOL of STENOGRAPHY. A Sates aha eto ee a en re the progress of ite student. af é iy ia Bonet ral Fi ud A\\ Cerny Pie Do not delay but write today Nib eee for ciroulare explaining the Course, —— ee ee By) 6 ~ ____HaN Mae clomues Kirshbaum: .. 2: | gs ALLSOKINDS «OF HATS n ’ : . Gents’ Furnishing Guods, OF ALL DESORIPTIOmsS: Shirts, Hata. Underwear, Suit Cases, W.E.McCLURE, ENOX AGENCY, ENGLISH BLOCK. | Muskogee, - - = - Ind. Ter’v. T. H. Tyson, Real Estate. Town lots and farms for sale in and around the town of Grayson; large and small farms for lease for long or short terms. For anything in this line call or write T. H. TYSON, Grayson, alias wildcat. OFFICIAL - 6 as AT LAST weer stesaal YOU Can Buy “Graze te Indian Prosprstes mal. TnerRgey tends ‘There ia on) one relfable nad agpe snd intae Raetcy, Only werores Rees Sree iy’ Beers ator pe Sutiittes Santa wo COMMONWEALTN PUB. CO. Obktehome City. \ FRISCO f eae STEM EAST, WEST, _ NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, eevee eats was’ TRAING LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR CITY’* SAINT LOUIS aetasenss L. W. PRICE, eto Spott Cash Store THE FAIR! THE FAIR | SELL CIGARS! Add a few boxes offcigars to your stand or store and in- © crease ray sales, we can furnish youOWLS, CAPADUR- ERS, HENRY GEORGE, LITTLE TOM, AGENT, 306, CREMO, PATHFINDERS, und several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale peices. it ia uot much to invest, and they are sure to sell. me and have a fel with ua, COR * aod s . MAL Ben Estes’ Druggist, S23.MiiN Learning a Boy'e Age While the agent was selling farm machinery at the house the friend at the gate held his horse, and a conversation took place with the small boy of the family. With great incredulity he was saying: "Are you sure you are only nine years old? I think there must be some mistake." The boy was positive, but to make sure: "Ma," he called, "ain't I just nine years old?" "Yes, son." After a time he ventured: "Say, mister, what made you think I was more than nine years old?" "Why," said the stranger, "I could not understand how you could get so dirty in nine years." The first step toward curing a crooed world will be to straighten your own glasses. Lest you forget, again we say, Cheatham's Laxative Tablets are guaranteed to cure colds. Wet bathing suits are much more effective than dry ones in serving their purpose. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Why the Dog Walled Ople Read and a traveling mate who were filling engagements for an entertainment bureau one day were standing on a railway station platform in Texas, waiting for a train. A negro boy came out as soon as the train signaled and began ringing a bell to attract customers to the eating house. A lank dog that had followed howled lugubriously at the ringing of the bell. The boy gave the dog a look of ineffable contempt once or twice, but the sad-voiced animal continued his howl. Finally the boy said: "What's de mattah wid you dog? You doan hafter eat heah." Summer heat trouble has many symptoms of the first love affair, with no lasting effects. CUTICURA SOAP The World's Greatest Skin Soap-The Standard of Every Nation of Millions of the world's best people use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the purest and sweetest of emollient skin cures, for preserving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chafings, and many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Charitable Old Lady—But why do you go tramping through the country like this, my poor man? The Vagrant—Well, mum, the truth is, I've heard that those 'ere Pullman cars is rather stuffy.—The Glasgow Evening Times. Save Your Lungs. Don't neglect that cough. One pair of lungs is all you'll ever have—treat them well. Simmons' Cough Syrup will soothe and strengthen them, stop the cough and give you a chance to sleep in peace. A man's ascent amongst the living counts for more than his descent from the dead. PROTECTION AGAINST A WITCH. Law Invoked to Keep Woman From Supernatural Detective Work. Once or twice a year some extraordinary piece of evidence finds its way into the papers of the survival of the most primitive forms of witchcraft, and of the belief in the same, in parts of Ireland. As a rule these cases transpire when the law is broken by persons ill-treating the supposed witch, as when last year an unfortunate woman was held on the fire to drive an evil spirit out of her. But the last few days have shown a novel case, in which the protection of the law was invoked to protect certain persons against a witch. An old Irish peasant woman had suffered from the theft of a small sum of money. Being unable to discover the thief or thieves, she had made a straw image, dressed it up, stuck it full of pins, and placed it on a bier, and proceeded to hold a "wake" or funeral party over it. She then declared that her intention was to bury this image, with suitable invocations, with the certain result that as the straw of which it was made decayed away so would the body of the thief waste and dwindle. Certain of the neighbors (possibly with guilty consciences) asked that the police might stop this experiment in witchcraft, as it gave them great uneasiness. Porto Rico Coffee. 19 The berries are about one-fourth the natural size. Lost Calf Found With Wild Dcer. An odd story comes up from Great Island, in Portland harbor, in connection with the deer situation down there. Last fall a calf belonging to Frank Stevens strayed away and, although efforts were made to find it, could not be located. Recently, however, some gunners who were out hunting saw the long lost calf in company with a deer, and since that time the two have been seen together on several occasions, sometimes the calf being with several deer. It is evident that the little animal has been adopted by the deer of Great Island and has now become one of their number. It has become as shy as a deer and in fact lives and acts just as they do.—Kennebec Journal. MIRROR THAT TELLS THE TRUTH. The latest mirror has a tiny electric battery attached at the back and a row of incandescent lights extending all the way around the frame. It is being made for an actress who wants to see herself as others will see her when she is standing in the full glare of the footlights. It is not a bad idea, for the girl who dresses in the dim, religious light of a modern apartment and goes forth into the searching light of day knows not what a problem she presents to the eyes of the world. SISTERS OF CHARITY Uses Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrh-A Congressman's Letter. Saint Margaret of the Cross HARD WORK MAKES STIFF JOINTS RUB WITH MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT GOOD FOR ANY ACHIEF OR INJURY TO MAN OR BEAST THAT IS CURABLE BY A LINIMENT RUB IT IN HARD Rubber Stamps, Notarial Seals, Checks, Stencils and Badges. GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL AND COPPER PLATING WAND & SON, OKLAHOMA CITY. WANTED—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 85; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice bulding, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. W. N. U.—Oklahoma City—No. 1, 1905 PISO'S CURE FOR SOURS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Taste Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. In every country of the civilized world Sisters of Charity are known. Not only do they minister to the spiritual and intellectual needs of the charges committed to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to take care of and to protect from climate and disease, these wise and prudent Sisters have found Peruna a never failing safeguard. Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir: "The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngitis and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great relief, and after further use of the medicine we hope to be able to say she is entirely cured." Sisters of Charity. The young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna for catarrh of the throat with good results as the above letter testifies. Send to The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio, for a free book written by Dr. Hartman. The following letter is from Congressman Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: David Meckison Gentlemen: "I have used several bottles of Peruna, and feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head, and feel encouraged to believe that its continued to believe that its continued use will fully eradicate a disease of thirty years' standing."—David Meekison. Dr. Hartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United States, was the first man to formulate Peruna. It was through his genius and perseverance that it was introduced to the medical profession of this country. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Baking Perfect in quality. Moderate in price. In the annual report of Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne, for the fiscal year ending June 380, just issued, he urgently recommends the estab- lishmeit of a new rate of postage in connection with the rural service for the delivery of smull parcels. It is shown that there has grown up a de- mand by patrons of the rural free de- livery service for the handling of light packages of merchandise, and the present rate of one cent per ounce Is declared practically prohibitive. For instance, a grocer who receives an order over the telephone for a pound of coffee would have to pay six- teen cents to send it by rural delivery. The postmaster general suggests to congress that a rate of three cents per pound or any fraction thereof be authorized for packages of this class, no parcel to exceed five pounds. This rate is intended to apply, however, only to packages deposited at the lo- eal postoffice for delivery to patrons on routes from that office. A special stamp is recommended for this class of matter, The most interesting type of mascu- linity after all—the winter man. Gaiety and solitude are often syn- onymous; they both breed ennui. Shouting Their Praises. Kirkland, lll., Jan. 2nd.—(Special) Cured of the terrible Rheumatic pains that made him a cripple for years, Mr. Richard R. Greenhon, an old and respected resident of this place is shouting the praises of the remedy that cured him, Dodd’s Kid- ney Pills, | “I had the rheumatism in my left limb so that I could not walk over ten to fifteen rods at a time, and that by 'the use of two canes,” Mr. Greenhon ‘says. “I would have to sit or He down on the ground when I was out trying to walk and the sweat would run down my face, with so much pain. ‘I could not sleep at night for about five or six weeks, “I tried different doctors’ medicines, but they were all no good. Then | sent for Dodd’s Kidney Pills and almost from the first they brought relief. By the time I had taken four- teen boxes of them my rheumatism was all gone and [ can truly say | feel better than I have in the last twenty-five years.” Breaking the News You were a long time in the far cor. ner of the conservatory with Mr. Will: ing last evening,” suggested the moth. er. “What was going on?” “Do you remember the occasion on which you became engaged to papa?” inquired the daughter by way of re ply. “Ot course I do!” :. “Then it ought not to be necessary for you to ask any questions.” Thus gently the news was broken that they were to have a son-in-law. {t's Strenuous. There is no true superiority except that created by true merit. Tho rea- son Hunt's Lightning Oil outclassen all other Iiniments—it has the merit— it does something. See what it will do for cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, sore and stiff muscles and joints, Your surprise will only be exceeded by your gratification, If you are looking for a chance to love you are always finding love itself. PLANS ODD FACTORY TOWN. Ebenezer Howland Founds Garden City With House for Each Family. An industrial town unlike any other in the world is about the rise near London. It is to be called Garden City, because every house will be surround- ed by a Garden, Ebenezer Howard is the projector of this Utopia and he has, after many years, induced rich philanthropists to form a stock com pany and to furnish the large capital necessary to begin work. There is to be one family to each house, flats and twofamily houses being absolutely barred; the total population is not to exceed 30,000 and a maximum of one-sixth of the town area is to be given up to buildings. There are to be factories, but every window of these is to be a window garden. Meat is to be supplied direct from the surrounding farms; each famiy is to grow its own vegetables on its own land; cows to be pastured in the town and each house is to be hygienic and pretty. Garden City is to be governed by a board of managers and is to be managed strictly as a business enterpr'se. There is nothing socialistic about it end the residents will have little to say about the gov- ernment of the place. The projectors expect to scatter such Garden Cities all over England. The Wish of the Small Boy. { wish my clothes were pasted on my back, Jes’ like a dog's, Or like th” bark that's fastened on a pile of hemlock logs; Then every time I trimmed my kite, or jigged my little-boat, An’ started out, I wouldn't hear: “Oh, Johnny, where's your coat?’ Th’ fellers of my gang come up an’ hol- ler at our gate: “Come on, we're goin’ fishin’, Jack!” but, gee! I got U wait Til ma has sewed a button on an’ stitched a rippin’ hem ‘Fore 1 kin git my tishin’-pole an’ foller after ‘em. One day when me an’ Nell was huntin verries down th’ lane Th hired man rattled by—he had wagonload of grain; An’ he'd ‘a’ taken me along, if Nell Jes hadn't said: “He can't go into town without a hat upon his head." In winter, when th’ sleddin’ an’ th skatin's comin’ in, I never leave th’ house but what I'n ordered back ag'in '’ bundle up “in. something warm’— an’ so lve got U Lote A palr of skates an’ rubber shoes an gloves an’ overcoat! An’ in th’ mornin’, when th’ birds singin’ in th’ ‘trees, Vm later gittin’ out than all th’ chip: munks an’ th’ bees, Jes’ ‘cause I have t' sit around a-pullin at a shoe That won't go on fer Knotted string, 0 ‘cause it's wet with dew, That's why I wish my clothes were past ed on me, like a dog's, Or like th’ bark that's fastened on a pil of hemlock logs; ‘Then every time I wished t’ have a swin or take a doze I wouldn't have t' wait til I had she my Sunday clothes, —Aloysius Coll, in Buffalo News, Gems Found in Maine. The minerals of Maine are becom- ing of world-wide reputation. The great aqua-marine, found in Stoneham, and probably the most valuable gem ever found on the American continent, has recently been purchased as a val- uable acquisition to the crown jewels of Germany. The German prince, while in this country, saw the gem at Chicago and admired it so much that the guvernment has been nego- tiating for it ever since, and recently sent a man over to this country, who finally succeeded in closing the trade, taking the gem back to Germany with him. At the world’s fair at Chi- cago the gem was valued at $30,000. It weighed 183 carats. One crystal taken at Paris, Me., this summer has been sold for $500, | Cremation of Dead Scidiers. Military critics say that the Japan- ese have a great advantage over Christian nations in the matter of sanitation because of their method of disposing of the dead by cremation. After the great battles of the civil war in the United States the soldiers slept in graveyards and drank the wa- ter tainted with the seepage from the graves of the dead. During that war one man in sixty-five was killed in bat. tle, one in fifty-six died of wounds and one in thirteen died of disease. A suburb by any other name would be just as difcult to reach. Last year the Bure Hatch Incubator Co. of Clay Centre, Neb., shipped 600 incubators to Germany and several thousand to Australia, South Africa and South America. A woman is apt to exaggerate about everyth4g except her age. | A GUAPANTEED CURE FOR PILES. ltching, Bifod, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your drugetst will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure you in 6 to 4 days, Suc, Never try to dictate to a woman— unless she is your stenographer. 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Muskogee Republican Club to Elect Officers. Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 4, 1905. Notice is hereby given, that the annual meeting of the Muskogee Republican Club is hereby called to meet at Wiley Jones' Hall on South Second street, on Monday night, January 9, 1905, at 7:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing officers of the club for the ensuing year, and for such other business as may come before the club. The prospects of early statehood legislation, and the known fact that the Creek Nation is Republican, should lead all republicans to join the regular organization and attend this meeting. I. N. URY, President. GEO. K. DAVDSON, Sec'y. The new year in Muskogee, on account of various enterprises now on foot, and the erection of a number of buildings in contemplation, will be marked by a great demand for labor of all kinds. Apply at the Cimeter Employment Agency. For Sale. I have a first class buggie with shafts and pole, apparently new, also a set of harness for same. This bugg'e is what is known as the mountain buggy with breaks, will trade the same for corn, at market price. B. T. Kell, at U. S. Jail. A. S. MCREY, 201-2 Okmulgee Avenue. Great Western Hotel Twenty four rooms, newly and handsomely fitted. First-class board at reasonable rates. This hotel, just opened for business offers excellent service to the transient and local trade. Cor. DENISON and 4TH ST'S. Mrs. N. J. GORDON, Prop. When in Claremore stop at VICTORIA HOTEL Near Radian Wells, it is the only first-class place for colored people in the city. CLAREMORE, IND. TER. SCHIEBERL THE TAILOR First door south of Fire Department, South Second Street. X ELSIOR Tonsorial Parlor and BATH HOUSE BANKS & THURMAN, Props. SHUT 7020 SECOND STREET Agents for Garden City Ill. custom and Great Western Tailors of Chicago. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Go to Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders' Wholesale Mouse. 20th CENTURY BATH COMPANY School of Is in advance of and far more sweeping than schools of Osteopathy, including in its course of study Osteo Manipulations coupled with Dr. Corbin's famous Turko-Russian bath, the use of which is thoroughly and practically taught. All instructions given in operating room on patients suffering from some of the many chronic diseases. For further information address. If you want to rent, buy or lease land, write or see H. R. Pierson, Muskogee, I. T., the business manager of the Afro-American Real Estate Co. Notice. The Twentieth Century Corresponding School of Stenography will make special gifts to all persons enrolling before the first of January, as well as to its present students of the different localities. For information of Shorthand Course, address the Instructor, C. A. Biggers, Muskogee, I. T. "What is the time?" At last an old man, bent with years and care, the question puts. "Tis time to die." said Fate. "And in the earth which nourished thee to life." And this was the last question and reply. The last 'mid earthly scenes: Yet who shall say That in some gentler elime- Unknown and here unknowable- More answers will not follow those of Fate. 'Miu all the glories of an endless day. Answers indeed, but not like those of time. Blunt, brief, and harsh of sound: But filled with love that hath no mete nor bound. --C. J. Augustin, Glenwood, Wis "What is the time?" A little child asked on a fair June day. "This time to play," said Fate; And romping meily it went on its way. "What is the time?" A boy asks, half in earnest, half in jest. "This time to think," said Fate. "To weld the chain of knowledge link by link." "What is the time?" The boy to manhood grown now eager asks. "This time to love and wed," said Fate. "To give the heart precedence to the head." "What is the time?" A father with grave face is asking now. "This time to stive," said Fate, "To toll for others and for others thrive." Fate's Answer. MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, TO AND FROM Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Chickokee Oil Fields, via Coretta and Missouri Pacific Ry. Lv. Muskogee— 9:3) a. m. and 8:05 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith— 12:55 p. m. and 11:45 p. m. Lv. Ft. Smith— 4:80 a. m. and 3:15 p. m. Ar. Muskogee— 7:31 a. m. and 7:35 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 6:25 a. m. and 6:20 p. m. Ar. Wagoner— 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m. Lv. Wagoner— 9:55 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 10:46 a. m. and 2:17 p. m. For time of train beyond Wagoner see Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables A. R. PAYINGHAUS. Traffic Manager. Lawper. With practice in U. S. Congress News Committee. Offer on the issue. THE RIGHT GOODS RIGHT RIGHT PRICES PLACE Is the RACKET STORE in the Oklahoma Building We are getting new goods daily; NEW SKIRTS NEW WAISTS. Just received the greatest stock of ready to wear garments. 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Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. --- 140 SOUTH SECOND STREET The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Lumberman standing on a tree stump with a large saw and stacks of lumber. ---